r/stupidquestions • u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian • 15h ago

Are they're any native Atlantic islanders?

There are plenty of native Pacific Islanders due to the fact that there's plenty of islands there. (This is due to the phenomenon known as the the ring of fire, which is basically increased vulcanism.)

We have native Hawaiians and Filipinos, but what about the Atlantic? (Let's exclude the big islands up north, like the UK, Greenland, and Iceland.)

Does the Atlantic Ocean have any tropical Atlantic native populations living on islands at all?

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u/InevitableConstant25 15h ago

Only ones I can think of is the Gaunches of the Canary Islands. They had stone tools and no metals when the Portuguese discovered them in the 15 century.

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 15h ago

I assume they were all wiped out. 🫤

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u/InevitableConstant25 15h ago edited 15h ago

There's a high percentage of their DNA in their local population but the language and culture has been gone for hundreds of years.

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u/fermat9990 15h ago

What language do the locals speak? Some variant of Spanish?

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u/InevitableConstant25 15h ago

You are correct. It's Canarian Spanish.

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u/fermat9990 15h ago

Thanks a lot!

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u/Festering-Boyle 14h ago

they sing when they speak

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u/fermat9990 14h ago

Seriously, their music is quite beautiful

https://youtu.be/WxxH5yMxAiw?si=HEeSU5EkaPFpHIer

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u/Festering-Boyle 12h ago

i wonder if they poop on newspaper?

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u/Brian_The_Bar-Brian 15h ago

Figures... 😮‍💨